Wildest outdoor experience? I was once stranded in the woods and had to jump on the back of a running elk and slit it’s throat so I could eat ... just kidding. I did get hit in the arm by rockfall on the Dreamweaver Route up Mount Meeker by Longs Peak. We were able to finish the route, but I had a bruise that covered my entire arm. A few weeks later a girl stopped me and asked me if I got hit by a car. The bruise was hideous.

My first solo backpacking trip was wild for me because it was such a mental breakthrough. I wouldn’t recommend going out in the woods alone if company is available, but at the time I had a hard time finding people who could go with me. I decided I just needed to go do it on my own. It was pretty empowering.

Most memorable rescue experience? I got to be the first person to rescue a girl who had been separated from her college group and got lost. It was her first time in the mountains and my first find. The look on her face to know that she had been found is hard to describe and is something I’ll never forget.

You have a passion for and a role with SheJumps, what is the organization? SheJumps is a nonprofit organization that “strives to increase female participation in outdoor activities by building upon a supportive community that inspires its members to reach their highest potential.”

We just hosted a presentation in Fort Collins by Tres Chicas Locas, a group of three young women who hiked the entire length of South America. During September, we had weekly evening hikes to check out awesome areas around Fort Collins. Coming up is “Get the Girls Out’’ every second Sunday of each month, where we do different activities like hike fourteeners or ski together. Co-founder, Lynsey Dyer, from Jackson Hole, Wyo., is currently producing an all-women’s ski film, “Pretty Faces.’’

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Worst job? Picking rye out of wheat fields when I was younger. My parents have a farm and I think that was the worst job. There were definitely a lot of labor-intensive days growing up.

Childhood ambition? I wanted to be a geologist. I love rocks.

Something about you that most people don’t know? Oh man. I collect thimbles.

What’s still on your bucket list? My bucket list is long but here’s a few: I don’t mountain bike and would really like to get into that. I’d like to climb and ski Denali someday, sleep on a portaledge on a big wall climb, explore British Columbia, go heli-skiing in Alaska and throw a backflip on skis. Oh, and take my niece and nephew camping.

The Coloradoan is looking for people who are adventurous in the outdoors to be featured in Sunday’s Xplore section. The Q&A highlights people from the surrounding area who get their kicks playing outdoors. To nominate a person or yourself, send submissions to Stephen Meyers by emailing, StephenMeyers@coloradoan.com.